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Togo Igawa
伊川東吾
Born

Yoshiyuki Baba


OccupationActor
Years active1969–present
SpouseAdrienne Baba

Yoshiyuki Baba (馬場 義之, Baba Yoshiyuki), known professionally as Togo Igawa (伊川 東吾, Igawa Tōgo), is a Japanese character actor who works primarily in British theatre, films and television. He was nominated for a BAFTA award in 2012 for his role in Total War: Shogun 2.[1]

Career

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Igawa founded Black Tent Theatre, a theatrical group in Japan[2] before moving to the UK and becoming the first Japanese member of The Royal Shakespeare Company in 1986.[3][4]

He went on to have roles in major films such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Last Samurai, and A Matter of Size.[5]

Additionally, Igawa provides the voices of Professor Moshimo in Robotboy, and Hiro in the Thomas & Friends franchise starting with 2009's Hero of the Rails. He also appears in 2011's Johnny English Reborn, the sequel to Johnny English, as English's Tibetan guru and is in the 2012 film Gambit playing businessman Takagawa.[6]

His television roles have included appearances in Lovejoy, Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters, The IT Crowd, Torchwood, Casualty, Archer, Doctor Who and The Crown. In 2019 he joined the cast of BBC series Giri/Haji.[7]

Igawa voiced the main villain Colonel Lee in the video game Crysis Warhead and the Yakuza character Jiro in the 2013 video game Payday 2. He was nominated for a BAFTA for his performance in Total War: Shogun 2.[8]

In 2023 Igawa played real life businessman Hiroshi YamauchiinTetris (film).[9]

In 2024, he will next be seen starring in Kyoto, a new play on the West End theatre, reuniting with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[10]

Personal life

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Igawa lives in England with his wife Adrienne Baba.

He studied at The Haiyuza Theatre Company Acting School and Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music.[11]

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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Video games

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References

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  1. ^ "2012 Games Performer | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ "Togo Igawa: how I became the RSC's first Japanese actor". The Guardian. 30 October 2014. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ "Togo Igawa's biography". Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  • ^ https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/actor-togo-igawa-sean-bean-said-to-me-togo-the-queen-laughed-at-your-anger
  • ^ https://bristololdvic.org.uk/profile/togo-igawa
  • ^ "Togo Igawa | United Agents". www.unitedagents.co.uk. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2018/casting-giri-haji
  • ^ "Games in 2012 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ Barder, Ollie. "The Story Of 'Tetris' Is Finally Getting The Movie Treatment, With Togo Igawa As A Spot On Hiroshi Yamauchi". Forbes. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ "Full casting announced for KYOTO, a major new co-production from The RSC and Good Chance". West End Best Friend. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  • ^ https://sohovoices.co.uk/artists/togo-igawa/
  • ^ Togo Igawa Everly
  • ^ "Togo Igawa". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 3 February 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of the title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  • ^ Aruya, Shida (30 March 2024). "Rise of the Ronin Voice Actors: Full Cast & Character List". www.gameleap.com. Game Leap. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
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